Williams v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Richard Calvin Williams, Jr., was convicted of attempted murder as an accomplice. For the reasons discussed in our recent decision, Bethel v. State, the jury instruction used at trial on the intent necessary to be convicted of attempted murder as an accomplice violated the rule of Spradlin v. State. We find Williams is entitled to the post-conviction relief he seeks.

Background

On the afternoon of February 17, 1991, Richard Calvin Williams was driving a Geo Tracker through Hammond, Indiana. His brother-in-law, Albert Gaines, was in the front passenger…